Sally Edwards splits from Danskin, starts own races

[dex]

I was pretty sad at reading that, myself. One of my friends was really excited to do that race this year as her first, since the September timing was right and she liked the atmosphere last year when she came out to watch.

Anyway, I'm not going to get started on the rest.

I do hope they come back in 2010, though. And I'd love to see a Olympic distance women's race in the area.

[salsabike]

I was pretty sad at reading that, myself. One of my friends was really excited to do that race this year as her first, since the September timing was right and she liked the atmosphere last year when she came out to watch.

Anyway, I'm not going to get started on the rest.

I do hope they come back in 2010, though. And I'd love to see a Olympic distance women's race in the area.

Yes. I emailed back and said we would love an Olympic length event here, and September would be a great month for it. And to let us know if we could help. I liked that race, the venue, and the cause.

[sailangel]

I registered for the Sept 13 Danskin Sprint Tri for the NY/Metro Area on Feb 9-- the day that registration opened & closed. I decided to revisit the web site tonight & then followed up with some computer surfing. I found this forum when I was attempting to learn why Sally Edwards was no longer a spokesperson for Danskin's event.

Sally Edwards & TREK now have a NYarea (Suffolk County) Sprint Tri scheduled for SEPTEMBER !3.....the very same date as the Danskin Sprint. This leads me to believe that Trek AND Sally DO want to compete directly with Danskin/SheRox......

Interestingly, the newer event is still open (The Danskin event closed within 3 hours). Truthfully, Suffolk County is a lot more "Metro" than Sandy Hook, New Jersey! I am disappointed that they could not have chosen a different date.

[colby]

I saw last week when I registered for the Seattle Danskin (I was wait listed, oops, missed the registration) that the Trek was moved to September 20 - would have been right around the same time as the USWTS. Maybe they knew that back in April when they decided to cancel?

My guess was that Trek either didn't have enough signed up or couldn't prep in time for July... but regardless it sucks that they think Seattle can't support 2 races in the same month.

[salsabike]

Wow. They changed the date to the day after Mary Meyers' second Supersprint Tri was scheduled.

http://www.trekwomenstriathlonseries...eyers_tri.html

The Sept. 19 Supersprint is still listed on Mary's website but I wonder if there's any way she can still put her own tri on the day before she supervises the swim leg of Trek. And I was going to end the season with the Sept. 19 Supersprint, maybe.

Gah. Kind of messy out there this year.

[colby]

Wow. They changed the date to the day after Mary Meyers' second Supersprint Tri was scheduled.

http://www.trekwomenstriathlonseries...eyers_tri.html

The Sept. 19 Supersprint is still listed on Mary's website but I wonder if there's any way she can still put her own tri on the day before she supervises the swim leg of Trek. And I was going to end the season with the Sept. 19 Supersprint, maybe.

Gah. Kind of messy out there this year.

Maybe they swapped?? That site says July 27 for the Mary Meyer now.

Confusing!

[salsabike]

Mary originally had two planned--one on June 27 and another on Sept. 19. Those dates are still on her website (marymeyerlifefitness.com), so these changes must be VERY recent. Interesting.

I still wish the USWTS was coming back. I liked that one. Wonder how this will all shake out over the next year or two.